The caption helps understand the image because it lets you know that The United States (represented by Uncle Sam) is reluctant to accept these new territories as part of the US but plans to assimilate them into the majority culture and believes that this will lead to happiness for them. Student response: The caption is: Uncle Sam “Gosh! I wish they wouldn’t come quite so many in a bunch but, if I’ve got to take them, I guess I can do as well by them as I’ve done by the others!”

Does it contain a caption? Does the caption help understand the image? Create a new caption for the image. Icebreaker: Caption writer: Analyze the image. Within the walls of the asylum are four children labeled “Texas, New Mexico, Cal. Foundling Asylum” as a basket of crying children labeled “Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, Philippine” is presented to them by arms labeled “Manifest Destiny”.

Photo #1: A Trifle Embarrassed “A trifle embarrassed” SourceĬontext: The print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia (male and female representations of the United States) standing at the entrance to the “U.S.